The Solitaire Mystery

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Summary: Be a joker
Review: I buy this book about 2 years ago and it make me impression. Now I read it again. It's still a wonderful book to read. Of all the acters in this book, the joker is most thoughtful for me. He is a bystander, one leads the whole story. Because of the joker, people had to face to the reality, even it is aweful to understand. The joker is one people dislike. But he show you the world is.

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Summary: damn good
Review: This book is awesome.... it makes you see the world in a total different way.... jostein had done a great job using cards as an example for our everyday life to relate into the philosophy of our existence.... the book is really good... have to read it.

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Summary: A modern classic and an adult fairy tale
Review: The Solitaire Mystery is Jostein Gaarder's best book. (though arguably not his greatest, which is probably Sophie's World). Very few books make one want to sit down and re-read them all through again after the first reading, but this is one of them. It is deceptively simple, yet the ideas are so striking that you can't work out why nobody ever pointed them out before. Jostein Gaarder took the theme of Alice in Wonderland to create an entirely new and modern story based around the cards - you'll never look at a playing-card in the same way again. Buy this for your entire family, even for your children or grandchildren. Once you've read it you'll wonder why you never read it before. A classic plot, yet such a very new one. Simple yet incredibly complex, yet an intelligent child could understand it. A novel of ideas that is coherent and striking and memorable. I tried very hard to think of anything I didn't like or found substandard in this book, and... I just couldn't. It is perfection itself. Even rereadings are highly recommended. You discover the smallest details and nuances that passed unremarked the first time around, which link back and forward to past or future events, and only build up an even more coherent picture.

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Summary: Pure Genius
Review: This book simply is the most magnificently crafted novel I have ever read, it is entertaining, interesting and very thought-provoking. If you love great unpredictable twists at the end of a story, and are interested in philosphy - read this book! it is great!

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Summary: WOW
Review: This book was excellent. I got it for my birthday from England one year and I absolutely LOVED it! I can't put it into words how great this book is. I would definatly recommend this book to anyone, especially someone who loves a story with two intertwining plots.

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Summary: Excellent! Another great book for everyone!
Review: This book is fascinateing. It told us about life, chance and teach us to see the world differently with clearer eyes. Unputdownable.

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Summary: A great book with insight on philosopy, destiny, and family
Review: What a wonderfull book this was. It made me question the very reality that i walki on and appriciate how lucky I am just to be alive. It was such an enthralling book. I reccomend this book for anybody whos is interested in philosopy, and also, read Sophies World, Another fabulus book that know one should pass up.

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Summary: You will feel like you are in this story!
Review: This is a great book of Jostein. I couldn't take my eyes of it and have to finish it within a day. The plot is great and so creative. You can get a lot of ideas to think about throughout this exciting story. And you can also be 'Hans Thomas'!

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Summary: probably the best the book I've ever read in my entire life!
Review: If you liked Sophie's world, get ready for a less tedious, more fun, BETTER book! in 12 years this is the best book I've ever read!

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Summary: T H E mystery
Review: I've read this book and I think it's fantastic. Sometimes you feel that it is happening to you, so I think that the sentence:"Two thousands years of slavery for one moment of eternity"belong to this book.Our life is the slavery years and the book is the eternity!